Tue.Sep 17, 2019

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How Does Everyone Feel About Climate Change?

Jim Conca

Countries in Europe and the U.S. agree climate change is happening, but don’t really believe it will dramatically impact their lives. The rest of the world feels the opposite, especially in the East and Middle East. Of course, these latter countries are the least able to deal with those changes.

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This year's ozone hole could be the smallest it has been in 30 years

Inhabitat - Innovation

For decades, scientists have closely observed the ozone layer, which protects Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This year, just in time for World Ozone Day, the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) announced the state of the ozone hole — its size is the smallest it has been in the past 30 years.

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As the world warms, the call for climate-friendly cooling heats up

GreenBiz

The next phase of The Climate Group’s EP100 initiative stresses need for more energy-efficient air conditioners, especially in emerging economies.

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Robotic fish offer a solution to controlling invasive species

Inhabitat - Innovation

Invasive species have become a growing environmental challenge, causing serious harm to ecosystems. An interdisciplinary team from New York University (NYU) and the University of Western Australia are utilizing robotic fish to curb the damaging effects of invasive species by scaring the invaders enough so that they reproduce less.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Climate change and the media: More news is good news

GreenBiz

For the media, climate change is morphing from a controversy to a crisis.

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Studio Gangs Solstice tower in Chicago is shaped by the sun

Inhabitat - Innovation

In Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood rises Solstice on the Park, a 26-story residential tower with an angular design that has been shaped by solar studies.

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The 2019 Redress Design Awards showcased the very best of emerging eco-designers

Inhabitat - Innovation

Known for its work in reducing textile waste in the fashion industry, Redress has just hosted its 2019 Design Awards — the world's largest sustainable fashion design competition. Let's take a look at the winners!

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Mergers are coming: How to manage ESG through the M&A process

GreenBiz

As business leaders across industries pursue mergers and acquisitions, there will be substantial ESG opportunities and risks. Here's what to look for.

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Kengo Kuma unveils bold timber museum in Turkey that pays homage to the region's Ottoman heritage

Inhabitat - Innovation

The world-renowned architects of Kengo Kuma and Associates have just unveiled a stunning museum in Turkey. Located in Eskisehir, the Odunpazari Modern Museum features several stacked timber boxes that rise out of the ground at various angles, paying homage to the city's Ottoman heritage.

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The risky economics of the new natural gas infrastructure in the United States

GreenBiz

Low natural gas prices have helped to shutter many coal plants. Watch a similar effect on natural gas generators as clean energy becomes more affordable.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Global Renewables Giant Born as RWE Approved for 17GW Pipeline Deal

GreenTechMedia

Officials in Brussels have approved RWE’s deal for fellow German utility E.ON’s global renewable energy project pipeline. The €40 billion ($44.1 billion) asset swap has been under scrutiny by the European Commission’s competition watchdog. To simplify what is a very complex deal, RWE has passed the customer distribution business of its subsidiary Innogy to E.ON in exchange for the development assets.

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Will California's ingredient transparency law spur safer cleaners?

GreenBiz

Disclosure, like many cleaning products, remains the best disinfectant.

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BEVs account for 91% of passenger vehicle battery capacity, outpacing PHEVs and hybrids

Charged

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for 91 percent of all passenger EV battery capacity globally in June 2019, according to a recent report on monthly EV battery capacity by Adamas Intelligence. That figure was up from 84 percent a year earlier. Adamas attributes the increase to the sales growth of BEVs outpacing those of hybrids and plug-in hybrids.

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Iroquois Valley Farmland’s direct public offering lets smaller investors get a share of ‘soil wealth’

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 17 – Tired of gold? Leery of Bitcoin? Smaller investors can now invest in soil wealth. Last month, Iroquois Valley Farmland began offering shares in the 12-year-old REIT to investors with as little as $10,000, via a direct public offering. Previously, only wealthy individuals, foundations and family offices – so-called accredited investors – The post Iroquois Valley Farmland’s direct public offering lets smaller investors get a share of ‘soil wealth’ appeared first on ImpactA

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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FarmWise Raises $14.5 Million To Replace Herbicides With Roving Robots

Forbes Green Tech

Early this year, 85-year-old Bonipak Produce unleashed an orange, 8,000-pound autonomous robot upon its California vegetable fields. It was one of the first farms to begin using the machinery to take over their farm's weeding responsibilities.

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Five cities join Rockefeller Foundation-backed Opportunity Zone ‘academy’

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 17 – Rockefeller Foundation wants to ensure Opportunity Zone investments in real estate and operating businesses deliver more than just tax-advantaged returns to investors. Its new National Opportunity Zones Academy, created with a $400,000 grant to Smart Growth America and its LOCUS program, will support community leaders in Chicago, Miami, Seattle, Pittsburgh and Norfolk The post Five cities join Rockefeller Foundation-backed Opportunity Zone ‘academy’ appeared first on Impa

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New partnership gives Ford PHEV drivers access to NewMotion’s European charging network

Charged

Smart charging company NewMotion , which is a member of the Shell Group, will partner with Ford to provide charging technology and infrastructure for the car maker’s PHEVs in Europe. Starting this fall, Ford customers will have access to NewMotion’s phone app, charge card, and charging network, including over 118,000 charge points in 30 countries. “Teaming up with Ford will give us new opportunities to power up the e-mobility revolution.

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Can AI Save our Oceans? Let's Start with the Data.

Forbes Green Tech

Exciting innovations in AI for the ocean's benefit. This series will showcase the power of technology, and AI to restore and regenerate our oceans. When it comes to ocean data, the information is overwhelming, unavailable and always fragmented. Making sense of data is the key to creating solutions.

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Our picks for the top can’t-miss events at SPI

Solar Power World

We’re prepping for the biggest U.S. solar and storage show this year, and we’ve found the most interesting events each day of Solar Power International. Don’t miss these events! Monday, September 23 Solar Power World’s Top Solar Contractors Gala 6:30 – 9 p.m., Hilton Salt Lake City Join the SPW team to celebrate the successes… The post Our picks for the top can’t-miss events at SPI appeared first on Solar Power World.

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It’s That Light Bulb Moment: Time For A Radical Rethink Of Power Generation Based On Renewables

Forbes Green Tech

Worsening destabilization in the Persian Gulf, an unhinged US president talking up war in the midst of an undeniable climate emergency only fools still deny, and oil companies still determined to increase output, it's time for a radical rethink about how we generate the energy we need.

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UC to shed “risky” fossil fuels from $83 billion of funds

Impact Alpha

University of California students have waged a long-running campaign to divest the school’s $13.4 billion endowment from fossil fuels. In July, its faculty voted to support such a move. On Tuesday, they got a two-fer. In an op-ed in the LA Times, UC chief investment officer and treasurer Jagdeep Singh Bachher and UC Board of The post UC to shed “risky” fossil fuels from $83 billion of funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Dandelion Energy CEO Chats Geothermal Systems, Women In STEM Fields

Forbes Green Tech

Kathy Hunnan began her career in renewable energy in a Google tech incubator. She now runs a leading residential heating and cooling system company in New York.

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Q CELLS to reveal first gapless solar modules at the 2019 Solar Power International exhibition

altenergymag

Gapless solar module prototypes, the Q.PEAK DUO BLK ML-G9 and the Q.PEAK DUO XL-G9.2, will be exhibited as part of a range of Q CELLS’ high performance modules at Solar Power International, held in Salt Lake City, between September 24-26, 2019.

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Virginia governor issues executive order for 30% renewables by 2030

Solar Power World

GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, a regional affiliate of the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer, applauds Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam for issuing an executive order expanding access to clean energy and growing the clean energy careers of the future in Virginia. Executive Order 43 directs agencies of the Commonwealth to develop a plan of action to produce… The post Virginia governor issues executive order for 30% renewables by 2030 appeared first on Solar Power World.

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TUV Rheinland Announces "All Quality Matters" Solar Congress 2020

altenergymag

The event attracted nearly 100 elites from the photovoltaic industry, who engaged in exchanges and discussions with experts from TUV Rheinland on trends and hotspots in the industry's development.

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U.S. utility solar pipeline hits historic record of 37.9 gigawatts

Solar Power World

The U.S. solar industry now has the largest pipeline of utility-scale solar projects in history, signaling promising future prospects for solar energy development. According to the latest “U.S. Solar Market Insight Report” from Wood Mackenzie and SEIA, the contracted pipeline has ballooned to a record 37.9 gigawatts, the highest in the history of U.S. utility… The post U.S. utility solar pipeline hits historic record of 37.9 gigawatts appeared first on Solar Power World.

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ION Energy launches cloud-based battery management platform

Charged

ION Energy , which builds battery management systems for EVs and stationary energy storage, has announced the launch of EDISON Analytics , a cloud-hosted battery lifecycle management platform. Leveraging battery data, advanced electronics, machine learning and AI, the platform is designed to enhance performance and extend the life of Li-ion batteries.

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Thrills are now powered by solar at New Jersey amusement park

Solar Power World

Patrons pushing through turnstiles and locking into seats on the Kingda Ka rollercoaster are preparing for a ride that takes them up a record-breaking 456-ft hill at nearly 130 mph. Although the sun might not cross their minds on their breakneck climb, it is responsible for powering this and the rest of the attractions at… The post Thrills are now powered by solar at New Jersey amusement park appeared first on Solar Power World.

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MPOWER’s impact report makes the case for student-centric finance

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 17 – MPOWER’s founders set out to help promising international students pay for a U.S. education when few lenders would lend to them. The borrower data in MPOWER’s first impact report offers a glimpse of how to design more responsible and inclusive education finance, for students from the U.S. as well as around the The post MPOWER’s impact report makes the case for student-centric finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Constellation’s 175-MW solar project will power Johns Hopkins University, others

Solar Power World

Exelon subsidiary Constellation has purchase agreements with three commercial customers to power their operations through the energy company’s commissioned 175-MW Skipjack Solar Center, the largest project of its kind for the company. Major commitments from Johns Hopkins University; McCormick & Company, a seasoning manufacturer and distributor; and the TJX Companies, major off-price apparel and home… The post Constellation’s 175-MW solar project will power Johns Hopkins Uni

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Mulling Run Against Green New Deal Sponsor Ed Markey, Joe Kennedy Is Heavily Invested in Fossil Fuels

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 4 mins By Donald Shaw , Sludge. This story originally appeared in Sludge. It is republished here as part of DeSmog's partnership with Covering Climate Now , a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.), the grandson of former attorney general Robert F.

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Nexamp Expands Energy Storage Business with Roll-Out of Six New Projects

altenergymag

These first half dozen projects are located across sites in New York and Massachusetts taking advantage of economic incentives available under NY-Sun, VDER and MA SMART programs. Nexamp, a leader in making energy clean, affordable, safe and accessible to everyone, was awarded 40 percent of the capacity available in the first block of the NY-Sun program.

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SimpliPhi uses Sol-Ark inverter in latest energy storage system offering

Solar Power World

SimpliPhi Power announced it will collaborate with Sol-Ark on the latest evolution of the company’s turnkey storage solution: the AccESS energy storage and management system. Combining SimpliPhi’s energy storage with the Sol-Ark DC transformerless hybrid inverter creates operational efficiencies in size, weight, power and energy capacity that are supported with an interactive user software interface.… The post SimpliPhi uses Sol-Ark inverter in latest energy storage system offering a

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Solaria Raises the Bar with Higher Power Pure Black™ Panels; New Solaria PowerXT® Power 370Wp, 365Wp-AC, and 440Wp Now Available

altenergymag

Solaria Corporation, a global provider of advanced solar energy products, today announced new, higher-power versions of its industry-leading solar panels. SolariaPowerXT® 370Wp, PowerXT® 365Wp-AC, and PowerXT® 440Wp panels for residential and commercial applications, combine industry-leading power and efficiency with unparalleled aesthetics. The new PowerXT panels are now available through leading solar distributors in the U.S. and worldwide.